Taratala is a neighbourhood of
Kolkata (Calcutta), in
Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It is located in the southern part of the city.
Geography
Taratala is situated at the southern part of
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
, surrounded by
Garden Reach
Garden Reach is a neighbourhood of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It is situated in the south-western part of Kolkata on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. Localities within Garden Reach include Metiabruz, South Eastern Railway Colony, BNR C ...
(west and north-west),
Behala (south and south-east), Mominpur and Majherhat (north) and
New Alipore (east).
Police district
Taratala police station is part of the
South West division of
Kolkata Police
The Kolkata Police () (formerly "Calcutta Police"), is the Law enforcement in India, territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within the Kolkata metropolitan region, metropolitan area of the city of Kolkata, ...
. Located at 63, Taratala Road, Kolkata-700088, it has jurisdiction over the police district which is bordered on the ''north'' along the southern fencing of old Budge Budge Railway line from Diamond Harbour Road to the western limit of Port Commissioner's land.; on the ''east'' by Diamond Harbour Road (road excluded) from Majerhat Bridge up to the extreme Southern limit of CPC land as also limit of Calcutta Municipal boundary. Then following Port Commissioner's Port Land Park to its junction of Raja Santosh Road and crossing the road, then following the southern side of Raja Santosh Road, running straight towards west up to where it meets Diamond Harbour Road, high level approach portion of Majerhat Bridge, then southwards following the eastern side of Diamond Harbour Road and Majerhat Bridge to the northern boundary of the railway line at Majerhat; on the ''south'' from Diamond Harbour Road extreme southern boundary pillars of CPC land west-wards along the Calcutta Municipal boundary, where it meets Banamali Naskar Road, thence by the north side of Banamali Naskar Road to its junction with Budge Budge Road thence along southern and western boundary of CPC Land; and on the ''west'' along the western extremity of CPC Land from Budge Budge Road up to level crossing of old Budge Budge Railway line.
, located at the same address as above, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South West division i.e.
Sarsuna, Taratala,
Behala,
Parnasree,
Thakurpukur and Haridevpur.
Education
Taratala has many educational institutes for higher studies like Institute of Hotel Management Kolkata.
Some popular schools near Taratala are Mint School,
Meghmala Roy Education Centre, St. Joseph and Mary's School, Ruby Park Public School, DAV Public School,
M.P.Birla Foundation H.S. School, National Gems School, Orient Day School,
Vivekananda Mission School, Gurukul School, Sunny Preparatory School, Mother's Mission School, South End Academy, Oxford Mission school.
Some of the popular career Counselling and job consultancies near Taratala are ICA, NIIT Behala, Arena Multimedia, Aptech Behala, Alankrita Careers, Alankrita Tutorials, Pathfinder. Marine Engineering & Research Institute.
Official website of Marine Engineering & Research Institute
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References
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Kolkata